China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330 suffers uncontained engine failure

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On 3 December, a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-300 (registered B-8970) operated flight MU721 between Shanghai, China and Hong Kong. During cruise, at 34,000 feet, the aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure.

A loud bang was heard followed by heavy vibrations. The aircraft safely diverted to the Chinese airport of Xiamen. The following images and an inflight video was published on X-account JACDEC:

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